Atharvaveda 16.3
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 16.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
16.3.1
mūrdhā́háṃ rayīṇā́ṃ mūrdhā́ samānā́nāṃ bhūyāsam ||1||
May I be the head (mūrdhán) of riches, the head of my equals.
16.3.2
rujáś ca mā venáś ca mā́ hāsiṣṭāṃ mūrdhā́ ca mā vídharmā ca mā́ hāsiṣṭām ||2||
Let both breaking (? rujá) and longing (vená) not desert me; let both the head (mūrdhán) and the distributer (? vídharman) not desert me.
16.3.3
urváś ca mā camasáś ca mā́ hāsiṣṭāṃ dhartā́ ca mā dharúṇaś ca mā́ hāsiṣṭām ||3||
Let both the kettle (?) and the cup (camasá) not desert me; let both the maintainer (dhartṛ́) and the supporter (dharúṇa) not desert me.
16.3.4
vimokáś ca mārdrápaviś ca mā́ hāsiṣṭām ārdrádānuś ca mā mātaríśvā ca mā́ hāsiṣṭām ||4||
Let both the releaser (vimoká) and the wet-rimmed one not desert me; let both him of wet drops (-dā́nu) and Mātariçvan not desert me.
16.3.5
bŕ̥haspátir ma ātmā́ nr̥máṇā nā́ma hŕ̥dyaḥ ||5||
Brihaspati my soul, manly-minded by name, hearty (hṛ́dya).
16.3.6
asaṃtāpáṃ me hŕ̥dayam urvī́ gávyūtiḥ samudró asmi vídharmaṇā ||6||
Free from torment my heart, a wide pasture, an ocean am I by extent (vídharman).
Translations (2)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German